Intro: from the top -- Re-definition: nerd isn't a person, it's a spectrum -- It's time we stop pretending that Simba wasn't garbage in The lion king -- Raising the Avatar: no one woman of color should have all them haters -- You can't win when escapism won't let you escape -- Into the Spider-verse got three moments better than the best moment of your favorite comic book movie not named Into the Spider-verse -- I hate it here: Food wars would be the most annoying anime to live in -- Y'all gotta chill with the slander and let Batman cook -- What happens to a new fictional Black character deferred? -- Two dope boys and a comic book: the superhero fade heard round the multiverse -- My theory on how Black folks' Black card actually works -- Top five dead or alive: Tai Lung (Kung fu panda) -- Green Lantern comics have low-key been tackling police accountability for a minute -- The 2000s and 2010s golden era of TV gave us a lot of great television and made me so damn tired -- Craig of the creek: when we see us -- The Disney two-step -- Y'all mind if I wyl out over Black love and POC love real quick? -- Whenever I watch Underworld, I feel like Kate Beckinsale wants to break up with me -- An open letter to Gohan: you gonna stop being trash anytime soon or nah? -- The want to protect Taraji's Proud Mary, critiquing the choir, and how we judge Black art -- For dark girls who never get asked to play Storm -- How my Black ass would survive every horror movie -- Jordan Peele should get his flowers while he's here -- Top five dead or alive: Red Hood in the DC animated universe -- If my Black ass was enrolled in the X-men's school, Charles Xavier would have been fed up -- Go on: an evergreen comedic series that helped me navigate loss -- The sobering reality of actual Black nerd problems -- Bury the Stringer Bell but let Idris live -- An open letter to the Starks: y'all should've taken better care of your direwolves -- Haikyuu!! roughly translated means "Ball is life" -- I read Mark Millar's Jupiter's legacy and I saw the father I am and the father I hope I never have to be -- Hajime no ippo is just a manga about boxing but I'm over here crying my guts out -- Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Aloy from Horizon zero dawn? -- Two dope boys and movin' weight with Pusha T's Daytona -- Killing floor: navigating real-world gun violence as a hardcore gamer -- Hamilton and the case of historical fanfics -- Graduating to the grown folks' table: I finally learned how to play spades -- Two dope boys and an-- oh my god, the Flash got fucked up! -- Black nerd crush blues: Myra Monkhouse deserved way better -- The push and pull of watching Mad men while Black -- Mario kart reveals who you truly are -- Top five dead or alive: Monica Rambeau (Marvel comics) -- On hope, escapism, and attrition discussed between Black men -- Two dope boys and a comic book: House of X -- Blade II still has the most disrespectful superhero fades my Black ass has ever seen -- Chadwick Boseman's Wakanda salute is canon in the history of Black language -- Outro.